Live: Al Ahly SC v Pyramids FC | Egyptian League | April 18th, 2019

Ahly, having climbed to the summit of the Egyptian Premier League table for the first time this season, face a stern test on Thursday to retain their position on top against a Pyramids side that have not thrown in the towel yet in an exciting three-horse race for the title.

The Red Devils’ primary target this season now lies in the league title, having bowed out of the African Champions League quarters with an embarrassing 5-1 aggregate defeat by South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns.

[xyz-ihs snippet=”In-article-Ad”]

Vengeance will be also on Ahly’s minds after Pyramids, a big-spending outfit that is owned by Saudi Turki Al-Sheikh, the former honorary president of Ahly, handed them a 2-1 defeat in January.

But since then, Ahly were boosted by some high-profile January signings who helped them win 11 out of their last 12 matches to move top with 58 points, one ahead of second-placed and bitter Cairo rivals Zamalek.

[xyz-ihs snippet=”In-article-Ad”]

Pyramids, in contrast, have stuttered, but they recovered with four successive wins lately to keep alive their hopes of causing a huge upset and dethroning Ahly, the champions of the past three seasons.

They lie third on 57 points, although they have played two more matches than Ahly and Zamalek.

[xyz-ihs snippet=”In-article-Ad”]

But should they overcome Ahly and then Zamalek in the following match, they will revive their hopes of competing for the title.

Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook

 

Live: Al Ahly SC v Pyramids FC | Egyptian League

Time: 20:00 Cairo local time | 14:00 ET

Match Live FEED Starts in…

[wpcdt-countdown id=”32149″]

https://youtu.be/h4891NWZgog

[xyz-ihs snippet=”matched-content-unit”]